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SEAS: Student Experiments At Sea

Larval ecology of deep-sea mussels

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Several mussels in a tray; some are releasing milky-white spawn into the water

Mussels Spawning

Several hours after the serotonin injections, the mussels start spawning. Notice the whitish colored eggs and sperm being shed from the mantle and leaking out from the shell into the water.